ON STAGE in Israel

March 15 - 18, 2018Israel

Israel is your stage!

As one of the cradles of civilization, Israel offers a very high and unparalleled diversity and intensity of experience. This tiny piece of land between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea never fails to offer an all-in-one intellectual exploration of history, art and religion thanks to its different cultures and religions, its geographically diverse landscapes, the big contrasts between its cities and a combination of European, North African and Middle Eastern culture, so prepare to often gasp in awe at all the beauty this land has to offer.

Regarded as the biblical Holy Land by Jews, Christians and Muslims, Israel is a true crossroad of civilizations and its biggest cities are also the world’s top destinations. Jerusalem, the “City of Gold” and the country’s largest city is one of the oldest in the world. Tel Aviv, on the other hand, is a cosmopolitan, cultural and financial global city with a UNESCO world heritage area of Bauhaus architecture.

Get ready for a once-in-a-lifetime experience – Israel is nothing less!

NEW! INSPIRING! NON-COMPETITIVE!

INTERKULTUR’s new project combines your wanderlust and your love of music. The ON STAGE event series is ready to check off your list of must-see cities and will do so while providing all the comforts of a non-competitive choral music event and the opportunities and delights of a tourist tour around local traditions, culture and history….and, yes, also around local fun. Worldwide landmark cities like Paris, Madrid, Stockholm, Prague, Amsterdam and many other first-rate destinations will be your stage and heaven for the 4-day events which will revolve around friendship concerts, touristic tours, workshops and celebration.

The events are designed for all those who wish to combine their music with travelling, learning and experiencing of new destinations.

The schedule will include touristic activities (sight-seeing), short concerts in touristic places (churches, halls), a workshop with a local choir and a joint concert of all the participants.

Brochure

"Thank you for your good organization. My choir was very happy on the trip! Hope to see you soon!"

Landesjugendchor Brandenburg, Germany (ON STAGE in Lisbon 2016)

"Once more, thank you for the Lisbon festival! The happy memories of light and sounds of Lisbon bring us still strength now that November is here."

Kenkävaahto-kuoro, Finland (ON STAGE in Lisbon 2016)

Registration Information

The official registration deadline has passed on October 23, 2017.

If you have not yet registered your choir for organizational reasons please contact us to discuss further details.

Event Package

With the event package INTERKULTUR offers participants of its events a special service

We take care of all the details and through authorized agencies of the INTERKULTUR event series we offer an event package that includes, amongst others, accommodation in different hotel categories as well as other local services.

For local choirs that do not require overnight stay, an event package without hotel services is of course also available.

Since the event package includes also the participant fee, the reservation is required for all participants.

Registration Documents

We will be glad to send you a preliminary schedule for your participation and the overview of the costs for the event package.

Visas - as far as requested - generally take a long time. Therefore please make sure to apply for your visa as soon as possible. It is in your own interest. In case you apply too late, you risk a rejection of your visa registration!

Please contact the embassy of the host country in your country to get detailed information what restrictions and regulations apply to you!

Please keep also in mind that you might need transit visas, depending on your itinerary to the competition country.

If you do not have a valid passport yet, please apply for this immediately!

Participants of some countries need an invitation letter as well as a stamped list of participants to apply for a visa. INTERKULTUR can issue these documents.

Important Information

INTERKULTUR can issue the invitation letter for the duration of the event and can stamp your list of participants to apply for visas only if you have fulfilled all the following conditions:

you have successfully applied for the event and paid the registration fee to INTERKULTUR

you have paid the down payment for the event package to our partner agency M&C Music Contact GmbH

you have sent us the completed list of participants (no handwriting!)

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Event Details

The events are designed for all those who wish to combine their music with travelling, learning and experiencing of new destinations.

Among others, the schedule will include the following performance opportunities:

A guided city tour including performances with local and international choirs in different places, churches or other performance locations.

A workshop where participants will be introduced to the musical tradition of the region and work on 1-2 pieces to perform together at the final concert.

Acoustic and stage rehearsals.

Final concert with performances of appr. 15 minutes per choir and a joint performance of all choirs with the pieces from the workshop.

Performances in churches.

Additional touristic activities, performances and individual programs can be organized upon request.

Workshop with Yair Klinger

We are very happy to introduce the workshop lecturer to our ON STAGE in Israel, Yair Klinger, a well-known composer, lyric writer, singer, actor and conductor.

Born in Tel Aviv, Mr. Klinger has composed for some of the best known singers in France and Europe. Among them Demis Roussos, Sylvie Vartan, Mike Brant, Rika Zarai, Les Compagnon de la Chanson and others. Meanwhile, in Israel, he composed and wrote lyrics for more than 400 songs which were interpreted by the most famous singers in the country. For 35 years, he has worked with choirs and has written a lot of original compositions as well as vocal arrangements for Israeli classical and modern songs.

Yair Klinger performs an intense activity in Israel and abroad and has won several national and international prizes. In 2001 his song “EIN DAVAR” was interpreted in “The Eurovision Song Contest”, whereas in 2016 he received a special award by EMI –The Israel artists’ organization, for his contribution to Israeli music.